Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. on Murray Hill, New York, 1933. One of 105 copies Signed by the Author Celebrated American picaresque novel set during the Napoleonic era, the outstanding best seller of the early 1930s. An edition illustrated by N.C. Wyeth soon followed, and an edition with lithographs by A. E. Wilson was published by the Limited Editions Club in 1937. Allen's novel of the restless Anthony, looking for meaning in a corrupt world, is now largely forgotten and its notoriety eclipsed by other blockbuster of the decade, Gone with the Wind."Anthony Adverse became a mass-market success, revolutionizing the publishing industry (by using modern marketing techniques, including product tie-ins, and by initiating fashion trends), and it demonstrated that such works could combine fine writing, intense reader interest, dynamic sales, and serious, symbolic intent. In a 1934 article he authored for the Saturday Review of Literature, Allen defended the historical novel against a legion of critics who thought the book shallow, plagiarized, and/or pornographic" (ANB). A fine set of the first edition in the limited state, superbly preserved. Original brown suede cloth with red morocco spine labels. Cellotape ghosts on pastedowns, else fine. Syllabus, in original printed wrappers, loosely inserted in vol. I. In cloth chemises and half blue morocco slipcase (repaired and faded) Decorations by Allan McNab. 3 vols. 8vo First edition, no. 85 of 105 copies signed by the author. Syllabus (1932), no. 491 of 1000 copies. Bookseller Inventory # 210806

Item Description: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in very good d.j. In slipcase. First edition, first printing thus. The book is very clean, bright with a solid binding.We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # 0049180

Item Description: Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1933. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine book in a Fine dust wrapper signed by the author in the center of the front free end paper. A 1224-page book whose only flaw is some offsettting to the inner areas of the front pastedown and front free end paper caused by contemporary ephemera laid in, including a 15-page pamphlet written by the author and reprinted from The Saturday Review of Literature(1934) entitled The Sources of Anthony Adverse. The lightly constructed blue boards are in fine, unfaded condition and all gold lettering on the front panel and spine and the front panel border is unblemished and unfaded. The book is first state with "Xavier" for "Zavier" on page 352, "ship" for "shop" on page 1086, line 18 and the word "found" duplicated on page 397, line 22. The mylar-protected dust wrapper's only flaw is the almost negligible light tanning of the spine compared to the tan color of the jacket as a whole and a 3/16" closed tear and related small crease at the top of the spine; otherwise, the wrapper condition is very fine with no other blemishes, remarkable for a book of this age and size. Scarce in this condition, especially signed. Extra postage cost may apply due to weight of book. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 000016

Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. Three volume set. Uniformly bound in gray pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Bookplate removed leaving glue residue on front pastedown of volume one, spines tanned, else near fine. A typed publisher's notice neatly taped in before the title page of the first volume states: "Originally designed to appear as three separate volumes the publishers have produced the book, five hundred thousand words, complete in one volume, for the convenience and comfort of the public." Scarce in this binding possibly making this an advance copy. Bookseller Inventory # 384323

Item Description: New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 1224 pp. Blue cloth showing a touch of wear to the spine ends. In a price-clipped dust jacket showing some wear, now in a mylar wrap. Signed on the ffep by the author. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # ABE-5103743438

Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart. New York 1933, 1933. Hardcover. First Two Volume Edition. Allen's most famous adventure novel. Both volumes signed by Allen at front free end paper. Original red cloth, black cloth spines with gilt decoration and lettering. Near Fine set. 0.0. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 7355

Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart. New York (1933), 1933. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. One of the most enduring globe trotting adventure novels of the Twentieth Century. Basis for the 1934 black and white film starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. Near Fine in attractive Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket, mild shelf wear. 0.0. Bookseller Inventory # 13741

Item Description: Farrar & Rinehart Inc on Murray, 1933. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st Edition. Signed. First Edition. INSCRIBED COPY; inscribed by Henry Allen on the ffep; Good in Acceptable dust jacket; dust jacket has closed and open tearing and discoloration; cloth is bumped on extremities; endpapers are discolored; bookplate of former owner to front paste-down; no markings to the text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # mon0000129208

Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 1933. Cloth. Book Condition: Good +. First edition. 8vo. 1224 pp novel by Allen. Decorations by Allan McNab. With some toning and wear to blue cloth covers. Book has been read, but is still well bound. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Allen on the front endpaper. Lacking the original dustwrapper. Bookseller Inventory # 20816

Item Description: Farrar & Rinehart Inc.,, New York:, 1933. Book Condition: Near Fine. First edition. This book was the top fiction bestseller in both 1933 and 1934. It tells the story of the events leading to Anthony's conception and birth and the fate of his parents, then goes through his life and travels in America and the world. The blue cloth with gilt-borders has one crease on top edge and there is offsetting to front endpapapers, apparently from paper previously laid in, otherwise near fine in lightly soiled and tanned dust jacket. Bookseller Inventory # 48211

Item Description: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. on a Murray Hill, New York, 1933. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Trade Printing. First trade printing of the complete novel in one book, housed in its original slipcase. Includes a laid-in sheet (5 x 8 inches) that is signed and inscribed by the author. 1224 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt title, 8vo. Very Good+ copy in Good+ dust jacket. Light soil and rub at spine; owner's bookplate at pastedown; light tanning of pages; text is still bright and unmarked. DJ shows a single vertical tear from the rear inner flap through the rear panel and spine; this tear has been taped from the inside, but is still visible. Otherwise, jacket show light sunning and soil; few shallow tears at corners; DJ housed in mylar wrap. Slipcase shows light wear and soil; strong, Very Good. This is the edition containing the errors on line 6 of page 352 and line 18 of page 1086. Newspaper clippings relevant to the author are laid-in along with the signed page. Digital images available upon request. Bookseller Inventory # 0058894